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August 16, 2025 5:45 PM

India welcomes progress at US-Russia Alaska Summit, reiterates call for dialogue on Ukraine war

India on Saturday welcomed the progress made at the Alaska Summit between the United States and Russia, reiterating its position that dialogue and diplomacy are the only path to ending the conflict in Ukraine. In a statement, Ministry of External Af...

August 16, 2025 5:02 PM

Jaishankar, South Korea’s Cho Hyun discuss trade, defence, clean energy in New Delhi

External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar on Saturday met with South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun in New Delhi, appreciating the strengthening convergences and increasing collaboration between India and South Korea as both countries marked 10 ...

August 16, 2025 2:29 PM

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi to visit India on August 18–19

Chinese Foreign Minister H.E. Mr. Wang Yi will visit India on August 18–19, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said in a statement on Saturday. The Chinese foreign minister will be coming to India at the invitation of National Security Advisor...

August 16, 2025 6:00 PM

Trump speaks with Zelenskiy, NATO leaders after summit with Putin

Donald Trump held a lengthy phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and subsequently spoke to NATO leaders after the U.S. president's Friday summit in Alaska with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the White House said. Trump held the...

August 16, 2025 5:59 PM

Trump says no imminent plans to penalize China for buying Russian oil

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he did not immediately need to consider retaliatory tariffs on countries such as China for buying Russian oil but might have to "in two or three weeks." Trump has threatened sanctions on Moscow and secondar...

August 16, 2025 8:59 AM

Warm words contrast with cold reality of no deal at Trump-Putin summit

U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin exchanged warm words on Friday but left the much anticipated Alaska summit without an agreement to end Moscow's war against Ukraine and gave no details about what they discussed. Here ...

August 16, 2025 8:58 AM

Trump-Putin summit yields no deal on ending war in Ukraine

A highly anticipated summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday yielded no agreement to resolve or pause Moscow's war in Ukraine, though both leaders described the talks as productive. During a brief ap...

August 15, 2025 2:55 PM

Indian Diaspora Celebrates 79th Independence Day in UAE

The Indian community in the United Arab Emirates celebrated India’s 79th Independence Day with enthusiasm and patriotic fervour across multiple venues in the country. Flag-hoisting ceremonies, cultural performances, and official addresses marked th...

August 15, 2025 3:17 PM

What is the Golden Dome missile defense shield?

U.S. President Donald Trump has picked a design for his Golden Dome missile defense system and named a leader of the ambitious $175 billion defense program. Here are some key details about the project: HOW WILL IT WORK? The big new aim is for Golde...

August 15, 2025 3:18 PM

New type of supernova detected as black hole causes star to explode

Astronomers have observed the calamitous result of a star that picked the wrong dance partner. They have documented what appears to be a new type of supernova, as stellar explosions are known, that occurred when a massive star tried to swallow a blac...

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